Description

GRASSINGTON THE SQUARE
SE 0063-0163
SE 0064-0164 (east side)
8/34 & 10/34 Grassington House
Hotel
10.9.54
GV II
House, now hotel. Mid -late C18. Probably 1760 for Mr. Brown. Coursed
squared brown-grey limestone, graduated stone slate roof. 3 storeys; 3-bay
main range with a projecting 3-bay block to left. Rusticated quoins.
Central top-glazed 6-panel double doors in architrave to centre of main
range, both ranges have sashes with glazing bars in architraves to ground
and first floors and C20 side-hung iron casements to top storey. Moulded
stone gutter brackets, hipped roof to projecting block, kneeler and gable
coping to far right. Corniced stack to ridge at centre of left block and
to far right. Mr. Brown was a promoter of the Grassington-Pateley Bridge
Turnpike Trust. The Alcock family of Skipton bankers lived here until the
early C19 when it became an hotel. I. Goldthorpe, One Hundred Things to see
on a walk through Grassington, 1988, (booklet).

Listing NGR: SE0027464002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Grassington House Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q26460433

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair